RANDALL WHITE, NORTH AMERICAN NOTEBOOK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026. Two recent Twitter/X postings by two eminent US commentators suggest some deeper rumblings in Donald Trump’s America in the early autumn of 2026. The first comes from William “ Bill” Kristol. He currently describes himself as “Editor at large, The Bulwark ; Director, Defending Democracy […]

RANDALL WHITE. HOME AND NATIVE LAND. FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026. As long ago as 1930 Harold Innis, author of The Fur Trade in Canada : An Introduction to Canadian Economic History (still the most interesting and single best — if not exactly easiest to read — book on any kind of Canadian […]

RANDALL WHITE. HOME AND NATIVE LAND. FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026. Like many others no doubt, I have a few personal memories of the disastrous events of September 11, 2001 in New York City. One is a phone call from the only friend from my Toronto high-school days I am still in touch […]

RANDALL WHITE. FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. Friday, September 4, 2026. The print copy of the 13 August 2026 issue of the London Review of Books has finally arrived at my front door. And I have finally had a chance to read its lead article — Emily Wilson’s controversial review of the new movie on Homer’s ancient […]